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Post by Woody Williams on Feb 2, 2015 19:08:57 GMT -5
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Post by scrub-buster on Feb 2, 2015 19:54:47 GMT -5
What a bone head play call.
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Post by firstwd on Feb 2, 2015 20:18:37 GMT -5
If it was caught, it would have been the greatest call they could have made.
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Post by deadeer on Feb 3, 2015 1:15:00 GMT -5
If it was caught, it would have been the greatest call they could have made. Exactly, it was a play nobody saw coming, just like the 4th down TD at the end of the 1st half, or the pass to Lynch to start the last drive. Both unconventional, but they worked. If they would have pulled it off, Carroll would have been a genious, now he is a dope in many armchair QB's minds. Jay |
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Post by dbd870 on Feb 3, 2015 7:36:35 GMT -5
If it was caught, it would have been the greatest call they could have made. Exactly, it was a play nobody saw coming, just like the 4th down TD at the end of the 1st half, or the pass to Lynch to start the last drive. Both unconventional, but they worked. If they would have pulled it off, Carroll would have been a genious, now he is a dope in many armchair QB's minds. Jay While no doubt that is true in reality it still would have been a bad choice that happened to pan out for them. The most likely outcomes would be incomplete pass or catch for basically no gain. Even if he caught it he wasn't getting in the end zone. |
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Post by swilk on Feb 3, 2015 8:14:46 GMT -5
ESPN did a collection of Lynch's runs from the 1 yard line all year and he was only successful one time getting it in.
It wasnt a 4th down TD pass at the end of the first half but it was a play called that if he had not gotten in the end zone and had been tackled in bounds there would not have been enough time to get a field goal off and they would havve given up the points.
Carroll is a gun slinger of a game caller .... sometimes it works out and sometimes it dont.
Nobody I know would have thrown it there .... but then again, nobody I know is a super bowl winning coach.
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Post by dbd870 on Feb 3, 2015 9:06:55 GMT -5
If you are going to pass put it in the end zone or at the side line. Sorry I really think it was a poor choice of a play to call.
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Post by swilk on Feb 3, 2015 9:10:21 GMT -5
I think everyone agrees .... I would have handed it to Lynch. And then handed it to him again if he didnt get in.
But Carroll isnt stupid ... he has a ring and was within 1/2 yard of a second one.
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Post by 36fan on Feb 3, 2015 12:20:11 GMT -5
Exactly, it was a play nobody saw coming, just like the 4th down TD at the end of the 1st half, or the pass to Lynch to start the last drive. Both unconventional, but they worked. If they would have pulled it off, Carroll would have been a genious, now he is a dope in many armchair QB's minds. Jay Malcolm Butler saw it coming. |
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Post by deadeer on Feb 3, 2015 13:26:16 GMT -5
Exactly, it was a play nobody saw coming, just like the 4th down TD at the end of the 1st half, or the pass to Lynch to start the last drive. Both unconventional, but they worked. If they would have pulled it off, Carroll would have been a genious, now he is a dope in many armchair QB's minds. Jay Malcolm Butler saw it coming. True, that's why the Pats are a Superbowl team repeatedly. They make very few mistakes and are coached by a very smart man. Undoubtably one of the greatest team runs ever. I still don't root for them but you have to give them credit. Just saying. Jay |
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Post by chubwub on Feb 3, 2015 16:08:46 GMT -5
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Post by oldhoyt on Feb 3, 2015 16:36:50 GMT -5
Exactly, it was a play nobody saw coming, just like the 4th down TD at the end of the 1st half, or the pass to Lynch to start the last drive. Both unconventional, but they worked.
Belichek saw it coming before anyone. He coached the defense on that exact play and made them run it until they got it right. Butler said he was late to the ball a few times before he made the play in practice, and then they ran it a few more times. Of course, that wasn't the only situational play Belichek made them practice, just one of many. The players still needed to execute however. Before the snap, Butler checks with Browner to make sure they both see it the same. Browner poits to Butler's assignment. At the snap, Browner jams his man which leaves Butler free to jumps the slant. There was no outside reciever. Butler covered more than 5 yards to make the play, but Wilson never saw him because he was screened by Browner and the other Seahawk. Many defenders may have been happy to disrupt the pass, but Butler knew the situation, with the Seahawks having 2 more downs after an incompletion. He saw the chance to catch the ball, went for it, and effectively ended the game. |
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Post by ridgerunner on Feb 5, 2015 5:53:08 GMT -5
Worst play call ever recorded in SuperBowl History.
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Post by single_shooter on Feb 5, 2015 8:37:15 GMT -5
I am not a sports fan...don't really watch sports at all. I played every sport all through school and liked it...just can't stand to sit and watch.
But even I would say that even if that play had been successful....it still would have been the worst called play of the entire game. And no...he would not have been a genius....just really really lucky. HE tried a last ditch desperation play when it wasn't necessary and paid the price. You take higher risks...you pay a higher price...period.
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